I’ll be presenting a seminar at the Orem Public Library on Estate Planning for Blended Families. When Wed, April 5, 7pm – 8pm Where Orem Public Library, Media Auditorium (map) Description Couples with blended families face special challenges when it […]
If you’re already or soon to be a trustee of a family trust you might want to read my new piece on Medium: Trustee Much? 5 Ways to Avoid Sibling on Sibling Mayhem.
My dad was a life insurance salesman. I remember rummaging around in his sales materials and finding a service he subscribed to that reported on the estate tax problems of the rich and famous and even the not-so-famous. He used the reports to make the point that his prospective clients needed to do some estate […]
Annie Lane apparently writes an advice column for The Daily Courier in Prescott, Arizona. Today she gave some advice to a woman who was having trouble coaxing her second husband into doing some estate planning. After explaining that she has a college-age daughter and telling how happy she is in her 2nd marriage and what an […]
I’m presenting a seminar at the public library in Orem, Utah tomorrow, Wednesday, March 1st at 7 PM. The topic will be “Wills, Trusts, and Other Documents Necessary to a Good Estate Plan.” I’d love to see you there. Unfortunately, I just learned that the library’s calendar was hacked yesterday, so you’ll have to trust me […]
Jonathan G. Blattmachr & Martin M. Shenkman, two major gurus in the estate planning field, seem to think a Trump administration will lead to the need for most of us to engage in some planning: The election of Donald J. Trump as President, along with a Republican-controlled House and Senate, may lead to the most […]
As many will recall, then candidate Trump promised to eliminate the estate tax. That was then. This is now–he’s the President. What will he actually do? Will he also eliminate the estate tax’s two siblings: the gift tax and the generation skipping tax? No one knows, though many people care, especially those who preach tax […]
As readers of this blog will remember, I posted a short piece about the news that Prince died without a will. To quote from that very brief article: Something tells me this will neither go smoothly nor end well. Well, look who’s a genius: Lawyers battle for control of late pop star Prince’s estate. Veteran entertainment […]
I’ll be presenting a seminar on DIY — Do It Yourself — Estate Planning at the Pleasant Grove Library on Wednesday, March 8, 2017 at 7 PM. Come an enjoy the discussion. The address is 30 E Center St, Pleasant Grove. If you have a question about wills, trusts, and other aspects of estate planning, maybe […]
Northwestern Mutual recently published a survey of caregivers, those who take care of the infirm and aged. Among other things, this is what they found, according to Financial Advisor magazine: Caregivers comprise a massive population segment, with 40 percent of the survey’s 1,003 respondents saying they were caregivers. Another 20 percent expect to step into that […]